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" When people get rich, they cut themselves off from the context that has earned them these riches - the context of the common men. They forget they are part of society. "
N. R. Narayana Murthy
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" I think, at the end of the day, you have to reduce friction to businesses, ideally to zero, so that more and more entrepreneurs can create more and more jobs with higher and higher disposable income. "
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" Every company has to identify what I call its strategic resources, and make sure that it grabs as much of its strategic resources as possible. "
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" India needs to sustain its high growth rate. "
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" I think, my own personal view is there should be higher and higher levels of autonomy; government should not interfere in setting up colleges, in running colleges. The market, the society will decide which is a good university, which is not a good university, rather than government mandating. "
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" Rahul Gandhi is very idealistic and a very decent human being. He has real concerns for the downtrodden. "
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" The biggest impediment to growth is in our minds and not in the world outside, and only constant in the world is change. "
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" I do not believe in any legacy. The past is dead and gone. "
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Any
" The world expects India to be one of the leaders in solving the problems of politics and economics. India sits at the high table in most major multilateral deliberations. What India says is heard with attention and seriousness. "
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" India is known for much development that has happened since our independence, but at the same time, we have also failed on many levels. It is the responsibility of the future generation to ensure that all these failures are corrected and help create a civilised society with equal opportunities for one and all. "
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